Re: evleth in Ghana

On 7/03/06 15:08, in article pt4r02pbf7h14li7tftlsbr8kn2cuc6ufv@xxxxxxx,
"Martin" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I didn't see those either or did you post a link to a site with your
photos?

for instance, at

http://homepage.mac.com/evleth/PhotoAlbum17.html

In total there are 12 albums. The number is
not consecutive because over time I have removed
earlier ones, added new photos.

The earliest one like http://homepage.mac.com/evleth/PhotoAlbum7.html
has a visitor's count of around 700. The most recent two, 19 and 20,
are of our Ghanian friend Barry and our Dutch friend Lars have visits from
people who received the news letter we put out on Barry. These photos
show little of Ghana but Lars took 3-4 hours of video tape which show
a lot more of life there. Albums 19 and 20 don't do that. I will
try and get a cross section of life there as much as I can.

Lars even saved a sheep's life. He named one of the family
sheep "Gastonia" (after our dog, Gaston). If a sheep is given
a real name in Ghana, they will not kill and eat it. I guess
giving it a name gives the animal a soul. I will have to
ask Barry about the meaning of that but I suspect that native
religions still have this aspect in Africa. In the west too,
most of us pet owners would refuse to go to heaven without
our pets. You can't tell a little girl that there is no
mouse heaven when her mouse dies. Me neither.

Barry was released from prison at Caen in November. We had been seeing him
over 10 of his 11 years in prison, attended his trial and visited him
several times a month during that time.

I found out today that KLM will allow, tourist class up to 46 kilos of
weight to Ghana (normal weight is 20 or 23). Apparently Africans
take a lot of stuff back to Africa so they give special baggage allowances.

voir

http://www.klm.com/travel/fr_fr/travel_information/baggage/baggage_allowance
/baggage_allowance_details/exceptions_piece_concept.htm

"Exceptions à la franchise de bagages standard sur les vols assurés par KLM"

This includes return flights too.

Air France does the same thing on various flights to and from Africa.

We have a load of books, tools and a new portable computer to haul down
there. I was researching the overweight charges when I came across this
special deal. I confirmed it with Air France. Shipping by regular mail runs
about 7 euros a kilo from France. 20 extra kilos by plane is a saving of 140
euros.



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